it may be that Lewis inspired Tolkien to prioritize this project in the first place. At this time, Lewis was meeting twice a week to read Old English with undergraduates. He was frustrated with the translations available to him. In a long letter written in 1927, Lewis writes, “I wish there was a good translation of Beowulf.” That’s when Tolkien started working on this project in earnest.
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